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I'm sure there have been other threads, but I havne't found any. Has anyone signed up or taken a law school prep course? does anyone know the names of companies in the bay area? are these classes worth it, or just for students too scared to face the unknown? thanks for any responses....just a little curious.

Boalt Hall apparently offers a merit based matching scholarship to students who received scholarships from any school on the following list:

Columbia University Cornell University Duke UniversityGeorgetown UniversityHarvard UniversityNew York UniversityStanford UniversityUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of MichiganUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of VirginiaYale University

That is every school in the top fourteen except for two - Boalt and Northwestern. Why Boalt isn't on the list is self explanatory, but why is northwestern left off the list? They are the only school that offered me an acceptance package upfront, I declined every other school before I was even offered financial aid packages bc i knew i wouldn't be going there no matter what the offer, and I wanted to free up spaces for people on the waitlist. Now i'm kicking myself for not having dragged it out a little longer. Anyone know why northwestern is left off of this list? Any ideas on what I should do? Thanks for the help.

I have my northwestern interview tomorrow, i was wondering if anyone else has gone through this.....any idea what kinds of questions they ask? what i should to do prepare? any help from anyone who has done an interview would be greatly appreciated, thanks everyone.

if anyone could give me comments on this optional essay before i send it, i would greatly appreciate it.....i'm not sure if it strikes the right chord, or if its better to send nothing, let me know what you think. it's only a page, even though it looks longer than that here. thanks for your help

Growing up as an Assyrian has left me permanently scarred. But it is not the type of

scar you are embarrassed of because it was the result of hitting your head on the corner

of a table in front of a large group of people (I have one of those also); it is more

like a scar you earn from crashing your motorcycle. It is a unique scar, a scar I tell

stories about, a scar I am proud of. I have been a teacher for the past twenty-two years

of my life, trying single handedly to inform humanity about the cause of my scar. People

look at me and think I am Mexican, Greek, or just another terrorist without the turban.

I try and explain to people that the Assyrians are the Christian minority in Iran, but my

Christianity never seems to make me more acceptable. I am still an outsider. The

Assyrians as a people have been outsiders for generations. We have no country; we merely

migrate to foreign nations bringing with us little more than our traditions and our

language to form tight-knit communities. When discussing who the Assyrians are with

friends I have my own little speech prepared highlighting the contributions we have made

to the advancement of written language and mathematics, but describing the way it feels

to be of a nationality with no nation is never easy.

Having such a large close family has taught me to accept my responsibility to teach

the world about the Assyrian culture, history, and heritage. I am extremely proud of my

When at the bottom of an application there is a spot to sign your name, but you can't because you are doing it online, it says that you need to print out, sign, and mail in the certification letter. but there is no certification letter in the supplemental forms, does anyone know where to get the certification letter they are talking about? Thanks.

When a school like Stanford says they want a paper "around" two pages, do the admissions people mind if its three or are they bothered by anything that wastes more of their time than necessary? i've edited my three page paper to two and a half, but it'll take serious magic to get it down any further. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

A school like harvard has its own letter of recommendation form they include as a supplemental form, but if you send a generic letter of rec to the lsdas, won't that be enough? does each school need their own supplemental form sent back to them? or can you just rely on the letters you send to lsdas? thanks for your help

anyone know the difference between boston university and boston college? i don't have the money to apply to both, i like boston a lot and would love to go to a school in the area. boston university is ranked higher i know, but not by much, and these things change a few points every year, so does anyone really know anything about the different schools faculty/clinical programs/real reputation nation wide? thanks for the help you guys.

Hey everybody, i'm waiting to see if i get any application fee waivers and i'm wondering which schools sent them out. if anyone who received one could post which schools sent one out i would really appreciate it. so far i've received one from

university of michiganindiana university - bloomington lewis and clark

Hey everybody, i'm waiting to see if i get any application fee waivers and i'm wondering which schools sent them out. if anyone who received one could post which schools sent one out i would really appreciate it. so far i've received one from

university of michiganindiana university - bloomington lewis and clark